Commentary for Bekhorot 112:1
ותיעשרה איהי
And why should not [the harlot] herself tithe it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since an embryo is not regarded as 'hire' but as a gift and can be eaten in its blemished state if it came forth the tenth. Why therefore must they proceed to buy it from her? (Rashi) . R. Gershom explains that hire constitutes no prohibitions as regards tithing an animal, the rule of 'lewdness' not applying to an animal tithed, as is explained infra 57a.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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